Search results

I used a sprayer. I really don't like painting, so wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible. This is the basic model of sprayer I used. Used about a gallon and a half to paint the truck and the BEOD. Didn't do the inside of the truck or BEOD, but did do the top of the fenders and a...

So the paint darkens up quite a bit in the first 24 hours when it dries. Here you can see where I touched up a few areas I didn't get covered well enough on the first pass. Then here is with the doors on. The BEOD seems to be a little darker than the HMMWV and less sheen, not sure why but...

Thank you. There are a few spots that are a little light, a few others where there is too much and it ran a little. Rained a little last night so can't do much again until it dries. Need to finish painting the roof rack and the windshield retainers. Only issue I have is my doors are 3...

Rapco. The trailer chassis the BEOD is sitting on is Behr Marquee after about 6 months though (but not the fenders).

Paint is still wet, but getting darker and flatter looking the longer it sits

Currently disassembled again so I can paint the BEOD and the truck, as well as working on installing a plate to mount my red dot stuff to. Cleaned it all yesterday, today is doing some tape and masking, tomorrow will be painting. This was after hitting it all with a wire wheel then pressure...

The BEOD is supposed to be mounted to the M1097A2, which is a standard A2 heavy variant with the 4 speed transmission. I have never heard of any military HMMWV having a 6 speed transmission. So when you say electrical issues, you are talking about the HMMWV itself having issues, not the BEOD...

Do you have access to the BEODs with the possibility of taking a bunch of good pictures of everything in/on them for those of us who have never actually seen one in person can do it properly? Also, what have the problems with the electrical wiring been, as well as with the coolant systems...

I put tire assemblies in the back of my truck on several occasions using lawnmower type ramps. They roll up with only a little effort and down with no effort at all (except the running 50 yards to make them stop) As I'll be using this as an active work truck, the rhino carrier would be in the...

Yeah, I am rethinking having a tire up there. I'll probably bolt it to the wall inside the BEOD (when I finally get around to acquiring a spare), and maybe actually find a camouflage net set to put up there (eventually). This whole thing is now making me rethink getting a rear airlift bumper as...

I found this pic as well. So now I'm going to have to get the roof top rack on there as a spot to store my spare tire, and now I know how to tie down the antenna as well.

Looks like I need to get the airlift bumper if I want to be able to use the steps up and stand on the roof. or just a short ladder.

Nice to know it's not just me going insane (or at least not in this instance)

Since I have you here, I was told there was some type of bracket on the inside of the windshield frame that the roof top rack bolted to. Do you remember what it looked like? Was it just a flat piece of steel, or was it maybe some type of angled piece that went over the top of the frame and...

95% certain they are supposed to fill in where the rear passenger seats go, but they just don't fit the space properly in my truck, the seat base seems to be in the way as well as some type of power plug behind the battery box. I don't plan to put them in at this time, as I'm keeping my tire...

Kind of glad you didn't then. First 2 went for halfway decent prices, the next 3 went for more. I got the last of the 5 auctioned and paid the 2nd highest price of the 5. I'm not sure how many of them had the doors and stuff, but glancing through the pics all 5 had a bunch of stuff piled in...

There were recently 5 of them sold on GP from the local yard. No idea if or when any more will make it to sale, as it wasn't a very high volume item for the Army to begin with (my EOD buddy estimates maybe 500 were made total). From the outside it looks almost identical to the larger contact...

I just got mine on today. in my truck there were 2 holes in the correct location for mounting the beod, several inches towards the outside of the truck from the tie downs. The soft top I have on is just a standard 2 man soft top, where the velcro strip is that would connect to the soft top...

Did you remove any of the tie down points inside the bed of the truck? Looking at mine it's hard to tell whether they need to be removed or if the unit's frame will sit on top of them. The reason I ask is because just looking at the front mounting brackets, it looks like they are just the...